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>All the more reason to never speak to the police. He didn't know the guy was a cop.

• jlgreco 13y ago
  Is this actually the case? Of course he didn't know the reason this cop was his "friend" and the cop didn't introduce himself as a cop, but after a few months you would think that his job would have come up once or twice. Did the cop lie when asked about it? Regardless, it is more than enough reason to never be "friends" with a cop.
  • tsotha 13y ago
    The article implies the cop was undercover. Look at it this way: If you knew your buddy was a cop, would you break the law in front of him and put him in an awkward position? I'm sure the cop's job did come up. And I'm sure he lied. Who would bother to check?
    • jlgreco 13y ago
      If I were more trusting of police, I suspect I would not think twice about some minor sports gambling with them. That is not the sort of thing that most people think twice about.
    • matwood 13y ago
      I live in a town where they decided to crack down on the minor home poker games. One of the players in town as a cop. Everyone at the games knew him to be a cop because he liked bragging about his drug busts. He played poker with the same group of people for months. One day he showed up to the game with SWAT and news cameras and led everyone out on the 11pm news. So yeah, when it's something as minor as $20 home poker games people don't think that's something cops really care about.
      • gohrt 13y ago
        The hypocrisy is sickening. Cops going arround breaking the law and then arresting whoever joins them.